Pillay, La Rue: Journalists need better protection New York City. May 3, 2009/UN/-- On World Press Freedom Day, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, and the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, Frank La Rue, urge all states to live up to their commitments to protect journalists from political interference and physical threat. “World Press Freedom Day serves as an occasion to celebrate the fundamental principles of press freedom; to evaluate the benefits of a free and independent press; and to defend the media from attacks on their independence. Sadly on this day we must also pay tribute to media professionals worldwide who have lost their lives in the daily struggle to disseminate the news. In the last year, over 60 journalists have been killed in the line of duty. Their sacrifice should further strengthen our efforts in promoting press freedom and the...

Liberty, Peace and Media: Amy Goodman And The Freedom Of The Press - Excellent journalists in extraordinary times London. March 30, 2009. In February 2009 a new book about the award winning journalist, broadcast journalist and author from Democracy NOW (www.democracynow.org), Amy Goodman has been published in Paris in France. Liberty, Peace and Media: Amy Goodman And The Freedom Of The Press - Excellent journalists in extraordinary times is a book by the journalist, broadcast journalist and author, Andreas Klamm, about some important parts of the work of the journalist, broadcast journalist and author of several books Amy Goodman, which is also host of Democracy NOW! The television and radio program Democracy NOW ! is standing for truly independent journalism and education. Amy Goodman a Harvard University graduate is the first journalist ever which has received in December 2008 in the city of Stockholm in SWEDEN the Right Livelihood...

After the arrest of journalists in the USA: PLEASE release the journalists and charges to be dropped off - host of Democracy Now! Amy Goodman was arrested By Andrew P. Harrod Washington D.C. / New York City / London/September 6, 2008/3mnewswire.org/-- The journalist, author of serveral books, host, editor, founder of IBS Independent Broadcasting Service Leeds, Mr. Andreas Klamm, has written to state officials a public open letter to release the independent journalists and that the charges against the journalists which have got arrested may be dropped off. In the beginning of September the famous host, journalist and Democray Now! anchor, Mrs Amy Goodman and her two colleagues Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Nicole Salazar got arrested as we have learned and have been later released. Also an AP Associated Press photographer Matt Rourke got arrested in the United States of America. This follows, according to FREE PRESS, the arrest of an ABC...

Free Press Calls for Charges to Be Dropped Against Amy Goodman, Independent Journalists Contact: Craig Aaron, Free Press, (202) 265-1490, x25 WASHINGTON, D.C./freepress.net -- Today Free Press, the national, nonpartisan media reform group, called on St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman and local law enforcement officials to drop all charges against all journalists arrested while covering protests outside the Republican National Convention. Those arrested Monday include Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman and two producers from her show, as well as a photographer from the Associated Press. Other independent journalists have been pepper-sprayed...